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Stern, H. H. – 1970
Six papers intended for foreign language teachers, administrators, and teachers of English as a second language are in this work. "Illusions and Realities" focuses on the complexities and problems of language teaching and proposes a coordinated program of development, backed by research, to meet current challenges. "Language Centers" discusses the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Wichita Unified School District 259, KS. – 1968
The project provided for the 2nd year of operation of a special education diagnostic and resource center, special classes, and supportive services for handicapped children and youth between the ages of 3 and 21. Cooperation was obtained from existing community agencies, participating school districts, and local private practitioners. Center staff…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Black Students, Case Studies, Community Programs
Stone, Frank A. – 1974
"Educational Futuristics," a pilot instructional module for a foundations of education course, resulted in the compilation of these guidelines. The aim of educational futuristics noted in the introduction is to increase student awareness of trends in the environment and of the impact of choices in the future, as well as to equip students…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Course Content, Decision Making Skills, Educational Change
Valencia, R. – 1993
In an effort to improve the transfer rates of minority students from community colleges to baccalaureate granting institutions, the Illinois state legislature allocated funds to establish transfer centers at community colleges that would take a pro-active approach to reaching minority students with information about transfer. One of 26 centers…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Dreyer, Libby; Karlsson, Jenni – 1991
Based on ideas and suggestions shared at many workshops run by the Community Resource Centre Training Project, this guide presents information on and guidelines for developing a community resource center for use by persons who want to start a resource center but don't know how to go about it. Written in response to the desperate need for access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Budgeting, Community Organizations
Carlson, Laurance; And Others – 1993
The Federal Resource Center for Special Education (FRC) was established to provide consultation, training, and technical assistance to Regional Resources Centers (RRCs) in order to enhance the quality and consistency of technical assistance content provided to State Education Agencies. FRC efforts focused on the Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Consultation Programs, Disabilities
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Keatley, Catharine – Learning Languages, 2004
In this paper, the authors review all the Federal programs that support, at least partially, foreign language education for non-government language students, and they calculated the maximum amount that these programs spend on foreign language education. The Department of Education (ED) receives the most funding for these projects with total…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Resource Centers, Budgets, Expenditures
Portage Township Schools, IN. – 1982
The Portage (Indiana) Adult Education Resource Center was created to serve the needs of adult education staff in the northern third of Indiana. Four assumptions underlie the creation of the center and its expansion of services in fiscal year 1982. These assumptions were: (1) learning activities for staff members should be of sufficient duration to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Curriculum Study Centers, Education Service Centers
Tarleau, Alison T. – 1981
Presented by the Region VII Child Welfare Training Center, this collection of four papers examines aspects of interaction between schools and social agencies which could be exploited more fully to the benefit of both organizations. The first paper, a presentation from the Sixth Rural Institute of Social Work in Rural Areas entitled…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Ancillary School Services, Case Studies
Irizarry, Ruddie A.; Torres, Judith A. – 1980
In 1979-1980, New York City's Native American Education Program (serving approximately 455 students) was maintained so that objectives were achieved, and sometimes surpassed, despite a number of obstacles (budgetary shortages, attendance drop, hazardous and inaccessible new location). Expectations were exceeded in the area of school and home…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Involvement
Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA. Center for Secondary School Work Experience Education. – 1981
A project assessed the vocational curriculum resources available to teachers in Connecticut and determined whether these resources met needs of vocational educators. The project was designed as a series of 48 in-depth, on-site interviews at regional vocational-technical schools, educational resource centers, secondary schools, the State Department…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Directories, Education Service Centers, Educational Cooperation
Rao, V. Appa, Ed. – 1977
A brief mid-plan review of the work of the Panels in the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of New Delhi, India, is presented. Recommendations of the UGC Standing Committee on the Development of Colleges during the plan period and on the implementation of several new programs as part of the Faculty Improvement…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Planning, Dining Facilities, Educational Development
1979
These proceedings contain eleven presentations made at the 1979 Adult Education Dissemination Conference (July 16-18) in Roanoke, Virginia, to disseminate results of demonstration projects funded by the Adult Education Act, Title VI, P.L. 95-561 and Amendments, Section 310. A brief report on a special project workshop (March 4-7, 1980) in Roanoke…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Beginning Reading
Nebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. – 1967
THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, IS EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE BASIC DATA IN THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES THE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS, PROJECT PERSONNEL, DROPOUTS, STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Compensatory Education, Coordinators, Curriculum Development
Jones, H. A.; Charnley, A. H. – 1977
This book details research from January 1975 to December 1977 on the three-year BBC Adult Literacy Project and the government-funded Adult Literacy Resource Agency (ALRA). Chapter 1 sets forth these three research objectives: effectiveness of the campaign (including the broadcast element) in reaching and holding the adult sub-literate,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
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